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@engineers_feed Anything warmer than its surroundings 'glows' in the dark. Humans just happen to be larger and warmer than most other mammals. It's a function of spectrum, not intensity.

Humans glow in the dark, but the light is 1,000 times weaker than the human eye can perceive

I don't know how it is now, but in '92 I was a tabbed CPL and still had to attend PLDC. I remember because somehow they grouped 4 tabbed E-4s together on night land nav. We ran the course and then promptly went down for a nap. We woke up a bit late and had to hoof it back, barely making it. We were the last ones in and took a ton of shit for it from the POGs. Good times. The takeaway: Rangers know sleep is more important than pride.

@TheBuddyCSM If you are Ranger qualified, you do not go to PLDC. Ranger school is considered a PLDC equivalent. You say a lot of weird shit, "CSM".

My PLDC SGL: “How come some y’all is Rangers and some y’all is RANGER Rangers?!?”

I tried to watch it. 1 minute in I knew it was gonna be stupid. 10 minutes in, they had used every cool military cliche in the last 1000 years but not a single person had said, "Jap." I don't think I can waste another 120 minutes on it. I predict at least two pairs of men will kiss by the end of the first hour and profess their love for one another. I blame myself for hoping for something better.

I was just re-watching "Midway" (the new Woody Harrelson version, not the old Charlton Heston version). Dick Best sank two Japanese aircraft carriers at Midway. How was he not awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor?

@0hour1 Anyone who thinks the goyslop from McDonalds is better than that deserves to starve.

Who gets stuck with the heel

@0hour1 I'd just like to see the receipts. What are you buying? What do you consider essential? How far are you?

If two people complaining are spending 350 bucks on groceries every 5 days, they were raised with a silver spoon up their ass.

So don't go. Prices are set by what people are willing to pay. Stop being willingly robbed. The free market works very well. As long as people cry about it on social media and keep paying the price, the price will continue to go up. Get you one of those sweet EBT cards. The price stays $0 forever!

Family of 6 and I can't get out of a fast food restaurant for under $70.

@Liathetrader Fuck you fatty! Do better.

Groceries for 2 people. Will last us maybe 5 days. I don’t know how people do it. This country is becoming unbearably expensive. 2k monthly groceries Not counting if you want to go to a restaurant once a week, add another 1k.

@SGTWipper1Each I really don't care where a woman is in her cycle, if she ain't fat, I'm game. Oh... you mean like with jump wings? My bad.

Can you believe there are people in the world who don’t know what Blood Wings are?

@SoveyX They DEI'd it a bit, but overall I think they did a pretty good job. It could've been a lot worse.

Ralph, Lord of the Flies. 1990 version → 2026 Netflix remake.

Legalize it. I hate it, but I hate the government tax grab more. Anyone who wants to use THC is using it, legal or not. Criminalizing it doesn't prevent people from using it irresponsibly. Make the laws harsher for people using it in public. If you smell it in a car, felony! Let responsible people be free and punish the irresponsible.

I’m all for the legalization of cannabis as long as it’s done responsibly that includes not driving while under the influence. Just because you think you can drive while under the influence, doesn’t mean somebody else can. These are common sense laws if you’re not for it then maybe it shouldn’t be legalized.

@infantrydort Almost 15 years post retirement, I still ruck about once a week. I don't have to. I could just do Pilates or Jazzercize, but I ruck. And as I hump the hills, it's not lost on me that they used to pay me to do that, and I hated it. Oh... to have known then what I know now...

Somewhere, there is an M240B gunner in Bravo Company 1/26 Infantry who doesn’t know how lucky he has it right now. And oh do I wish I could trade places with him. The simplicity of it all.

Of course not, but it greatly reduces the odds and makes you an outlier. When I was an E-1 in airborne school, one Saturday morning I was manning the phones on staff duty. The 1SG came in to troop the barracks. He asked my my MOS. "11B First Sergeant!" He just said, "Everything else is just support..." and went on his way. At the time, I had no idea what he was talking about, but I felt like it was some heavy shit. Now I know. Back in the early 90s, there was a show called "Letters Home from Nam." One grunt told a story about being in a bar and some POG said, "You fucking grunts think you're the only people in the war!" His reply was something like, "You're goddamn right we do." I didn't fully understand that either at the time. Now I do. I love all of my brothers and sisters in arms, but the Band of Brothers is a special breed. Mid career, I had the opportunity to serve a tour in Corps LRS, assigned to a Military Intelligence Brigade. That really opened my eyes to the difference between a generic soldier and a grunt. The gap felt as wide as the gap between a rifleman in a line company and a CAG door kicker. I thank God every day for my time as a grunt. There's a lot I don't miss about it, but the experience is priceless. I recommend a tour in the Infantry to any man seeking to know himself and achieve his highest potential. You don't have to make a career out of it. You'll learn more about yourself in 3 or 4 years as a grunt than 99% of people do in their whole life, and you'll learn a perspective on life that will serve you in whatever you choose to do. I am the Infantry, follow me!

I once saw a cook go on mission and engage the enemy during a firefight I once saw a mechanic unload a M240 on an enemy position I once saw a forklift driver remove containers of fuel from a fire because if he hadn’t, we would have lost all our fuel. Not being combat arms doesn’t mean you don’t see combat.

@CynicalPublius Thanks for the post. That movie slipped by me. Now I have something to watch tonight. I'm a simple man and I'm pretty excited. I just hope ADM Nimitz isn't gender fluid...

@FancyFancyBear1 Back in my day, when it was hard, it would cost you about $20 to have your rank, patches, badges, and name tag sewn onto a new set of BDUs. That's like $2,000 in today's money. I was so cheap, I quit wearing badges on my BDUs.

This is that bullshit

@Emilio2763 @grok Can you identify the woman in the video? She's entertaining.

She’s Beautiful and Stupid… She’s Perfect…

@Oilfield_Rando I no longer use a phone for this very reason. Anyone I want to talk to knows to contact me through text, a messaging app or email. My phone stays on airplane mode. Once a week, I check the call log and report all the numbers that tried to call me as spam.

*unrecognized number calls from area code matching my number* “Hello?” “Hello Saar how are you?” “I dunno how are you?” “I’m also fine Saar youshabaablahblah habahbrah insurance marketplace?” “Hey how many lizards have you raped today?” “………” “………” *click*

I think ICE should entirely pull out of any sanctuary city that refuses to work with them and concentrate their efforts on cleaning up the areas that welcome their help. Eventually, the word will get out and the illegals will flood even faster into liberal cities, causing more destruction. Perhaps then people will wake up.

Let’s see the numbers in another 3 months. They are largely staying in the suburbs, which is fine, it will keep DHS out of the headlines which Mullin seems to be terrified of them. But at some point you have to go into the big cities which have the densest populations of illegal aliens.

@LauraLoomer OMG! Does he realize he only has about 20-30 years to live? He should be hanged at dawn in the public square.

Justice

@ClownWorld No chance. I can't tell if he's trying to make love to him or arrest him. Pull out that steel baton and break some bones!

@ThomasSowell Factual

What's one word that describes Thomas Sowell's economic views?